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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1923)
TITO OREGON STATESMAN, SALE2T. OREGON SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1923 J fiihiesof IBISlOGli i Highway Department Issues ; Statement About Condi- tion of Trail - , . Tire miles jot the Old ' Oregon trail,- between Deadman pass and Mecham ij still Ini poor condition for travel.-i according to a state ment made; yesterday by the state high "way department..' The re mainder of the road between La Grande and Pendleton, ,is ' maca damize dVrads la excellent "epndW O account of the iary traf fic ,and the onf ayorabjeryweather conditions which" have: obtained for, the past two weeks,3? iays the statement, the flve-mlja section of the Old Oregon' trail between Deadman pass and Meacham. which section Is now under con struction, has- become- AaalyJ. cut up and is difficult, to travel. Re pairs are now i in - progress, and with favorable weather the road will be in. good condition, within the nxt few days In the mean time teams have been stationed at all points, where; there is a- pos sibility of machines retting stuck, and these tear: 3 .without charge, give, any necessary assist ance to . travelers. . The , teams are on the road.from:6 a.Vmrto 101 p. m. :);." I "Particular : attention" Is - called to the fact that the teams sta tioned on he road, to assist motor ists are in the employ of the state "highway department, and that no charge ia made for the assistance they render. If any motorist la equired, ... to; make payment (for this service, he '., should "j atvonise" notify the state highway; commis sion at Salem, or the division of fice . of- the state highway com- mission, at La Grande Astoria Relief Act 1 , "--i -. " Another suit has been instituted to test out the validity of the leg islative" act for relief ofthe. city of Astoria. Robert Kinney is the rUintiff : and the city of Astoria a:: h am A. Kozer, secretary" of til . 9 are made defendants, the alt Beekingp to restrain Kozer from Issuing a -warrant .for pay 'tnent to the city, of,' a 'sum: equal to, the. second half of the .-city's state- taxes for this ' year. Tho "r77Tm. ' '.1 - 1 1 1 .''. - first half alreadjhas been paid. It is a test case and the main a! legation Is: that public property Is being Ucd for; private purposes. A former similar suit, brought in the name of S. B. Diefendorf er of Portland, was dropped. The new .case was filed 'in th Marion county, circuit court .. yes terday. ,.i.O.;,C. Fulton Is the at torney representing the plaintiff. CIllBlSMOF'o' llflilS 1SERVED Banquet and General 'Up- roarious -Time Held at '; Marion Hotel Last Night v ? The first anniversary of the Sa- lem Lions club was celebrated with a banquet and general social function at the Marion hotel Jast night, with representatives from the other club organizations ot Sa lem present to extend greetings, and with" the Portland Lions valso represented. Officers for the com ing year were installed. ( , ;:,-, A Dr. W. B. Mott served as toast master. The program began with the singing of America, and then W. W. Rosebraugh, new president of . the organization delivered ' an address ot welcome to the visiting representatives. J This was first responded, to by a ". representative of , the Portland Lions and next came a roar song by the club mem bers. This was followed by a gen eral address on Llonism by Presl dentosehraughK, dr MM Villas Martha Mallory contributed a reading and Dr. H. iE Morris, on behalf" ' of the Klwahitf' club, 're sind'ed''t'o.;'th9,:U6.nM4te9s:'.t' welcome.' 'Next' on the" program was a dance and next a. stunts for the Rotarians 'Charles E'Xno land responded, v A ted a ;sololb Floyd Mclntyre, 'Mayor John B. Giesy gave 7 tie principal address of the evening; There was anoth er dance and ' another musical number. , followed by; responses by W. M. Hamilton, representing the Cherrians.Va'nd CT Perry, "pres ident of - the Chamber of Com-? merce, representing i that organi zation. . The program was-, con cluded . with- a dance. ' At string trio : from Willamette j. university was among the musical . attrac tions. .,Ed Chastaln, the new tail twister, , and ; Merrill ; Ohling, the hew goat,-; are -commended espec ially . for., some very t clever work. Decorations were ' elaborate. . , ,The new officers installed were: President, W W. - Rosebraugh ; - JTXArtSMEN KIDNAP BOY AND THREATEN HIM WJTH DEATH . . -. - 1 - 5 . hi is! , 1 t 1 1 U in II! "A l&V--::. . .... s' ' - - L-ritTiinirn 1 1 11 1 - 11 it 1 r 1 it 1 ifr-'voniivnr ii ir irnr "mwt in wiimninuM Tmwartir itemwiiiinni' 11 Accusect by-Klansmen of robbing, bis' own mother of $50 given xta&erJsy robed members of Klax Klan, Ceorgp Titus (right), ..eihtyear-oId Iad of Wst,.3Blmar, N., J was kidnaped jby masked 'men from the home of Urs. -VViUiam ademan left) -taken yabout forty miles from town, threatened with death and Anally re 'i -Ieasedi'Irs. Titus mother olihe bov recentlyTseparated from her : hnsbairdi received. $50 from theHiiembers of the-Ko-KInx Klan who . came in Klan Regalia.V It is believed the Klan members suspected k i .fyf stealing the money, as it disappeared shortly after the , , Juan. members ;left. -4r'--!H' -iiHM V ' ;,; ' ' i! . .... .a. . ' v. - 1 . ....... . ' : .-';. . " :. '- 1 n first yioe president WJJliam IbI Mbtt; second ic: president. Rose C. Miles; third f vice. ; president, Carl Wonnert secretary , treasurer. Meade Elliott;., directors. Frank Ndar, M. D. . Qhling, .Harry VTl Scott, Lee E Abbee; goat, Merrill Ohling tail-twister. Ed Clustain. f POSSES SEEK ROBBER PLAINS, -Monti,;.' June v 11. Sheriff's posses - were searching the hiUs"here aid Paradise; MonU today for Ta robber ,wha- escaped with t$l,500of thd, funds of the Farmer- State : - bank this after noon; after; locking S. Robinson an official, fn-the. vault, Mr.-Robn-. son was release a4Dy a pawon wno he&rdihim; knocking on the wall. ' Stafe is advertising; for , nw buildings' at-- blind school,feeble minded school and- the ' home, r RECOVERED FROM STOMACH TROUBLE 'x'" 4 P.. "Had ; stomach -. .trouble r three years- and finally was In bed lght weeks ; with terrible 1 cramps' writes A. Lv Lyons, Dayton Ohio. "The doctor did not r help, and I could hold nothing on , my .stom ach; ".Tried Foley's Cathartic Tah-j lets ;'and 'now am a well man. Can eat ; anything.? Sour . stomach, headache, bad breath, billiousntsa and. other digestive disorders quickly , overcome with J'oley Ca thartic Tablets. Do not grle, pain or- ' nauseate.- Sold . every-where.'- Adv.- S ' 1 . . i 71 MO OREGON v Norma Talmadge In "Within. ... The Law." ..; . , LIBERTY l ; , Wesley Berry fn "Heroes of .The. Street." , ' ' GRAND Milton Sills and Alices Lake in "Chicago Sal." " - BLXGn . Pour i acts vaudeville. . Big Bill Fairbanks in 'Hell's Border,!':-..! - t "Go out and get me.some.sood actors" about T J youi, ' size' and weight.,. ' j ; . ', Wesley Barry,: the young screen star." received; these -Instructions from .Director '.William ''Beaudine. fn -connection with' his latest pier ture "Heroes of the. Street." Wes felt this Wai a jsnap. His' assignment, was -to get ome boys with whom he would scrap and beat just by a hair's breadth. He1 went to a corner of Holly wood : and ' got ? a husky who weighed about 110 pounds, and brought him. back to the studio where : , hbth ;were Hold " how ' to stage 4 the realistic fight. v Wes. by all ; the- rules . of the ' game, was scheduled to win ; but he dldn ;- The young husky wal loped the stuffings out of poor Wes, .-who ; was outweighed "-and butclassed. The film was ruined, f A week later Wes.vrent out on a similar assignment. He brought hack-' a w-fllpW' amf r got his tevenge W aVaevastatlng iTletory. SUll. it woSld'n't do. Wes had to go out again ? and find a' fellow he could " just' ' lick byhard work. It tooK a lot'pf patience to find the fellow, but: find him' he did after everybody had all but despaired, f'.: 'j''Xt V--'"il, ; ,t'i aidnl; '.' want the I kids fight to be stagey; that's-why I didn't rehearse it; wanted it to be the real thing, said Mr.- Beandlne In explanation. 1 .'-., H:'it'v'r ! Heroesof;:the , Streeifc? Inl a Warner Brothers production, ad apted i from Lem - Parker .stage play. and . will be shown v at the Liberty theater todayAr V: ' Stories of crook life, as well as pictures that depict the simple country fife, are-aiways interest tug. .'When these- two phaser of Hfe'aVe blended-In a picture: it such an. expert director -as Irving Cummings. . aided . by Alice Lake. Miltonr Sillr. Ralphr Lewis.; Ger trude Claire Ben Hewlett and Richard Healirick, a startling, thrilling and entertaining picture is sure to result. v- ;i. In "Chicago Sal, a new Prin cipal Picture! which was shown at the Grand, theater last night, Mr. . Cummings has made - a fea ture, of extraordinary force. vTh story was written , by ; . Harvey Gate, an author who knows his.. subject matter and has translate ed It Into, term of ; compelling drama--the drama of life" In" the underworld- pf a big ctly the drama of a L storm-tossed soul whov found - j eoyironment the drama of a crook who found re demption. .To miss it is' to mis3 the treat" of, the season. .: :. .,'.- .-- - 1 --. -. .- V ! ;i ' i'-if ; ''. '-' ' ; ; ; '. - .' i, Two men fare despe'ritely ; in love with f Norma .Talmadge as Mary. Turner the heroine, in her gripping ?Fir$t National v plctttrt zatlon of " "Within ; ,.' the, ; Law, showing3 at Ithe . Oregon theater. : -. One Is a forger and the other a rich iman son: ? Tbff . forger proves i his Ipve for Mary j when he confesses a-murder of which she had been? accused. Mary mar ines the .wealthy youngman as a means : of wreaking -Vengeance against his father for a wrong the latter, had' done" to ber. , But she lovesiher vlctfmliedf husband; ad . thjis is ,what adds zest ; and complication iter the"' plot i' ""' Lew Cody! plays the role 2 'of Joe Gtrson, jthe . f forger, ' while Jack Muihali js seen-, opposite Miss ' Talmadge ; as ; pick i ; Gilder, the hushand.L,., -. v . t ; S"BilI", Fairbanks, atar in rilel'a Border," an original story written for him by Hal Norfleeti called for the star to fdof; many thrilling stunts whicl are right In Mr. Fair banks line; bull he didn't expect the star to dothe one calling for the hero of the story to walk - his horse across! the "log connectln g the cliffs. Director Norfleet had ngured" on the double . exposure method .for- this, stunt, when Mr. Falrbahks interrupted by; saying that unless; he conld actually ' do the stunt he would rather that part of the story jbe eliminated. . - Nor fleet,. amazed- retorted r that no man could walk a horse across the ellf f - he ' had selected, regardless of the size, jaf the log:' At the Bligh theater tpday.and tomorrow. i '"' " - 'i " S ',.v .."'v''i A dandy "new four-act vaudeville road' show-; opens at .the Bligh theater tor today and tomorrow. . LjiLLliiTFlTTO Peopre of , Salem Invited to ' Watch Operations at .St. Paul Project . The-new standard drilling, out tit of the Willamette Valley Oil & Gas company will be put into op eration next Wednesday at: z p. m. at '' the well about two' miles 1 this side of Sti PauL This well is intended totest out the quantity of oil which underlies "the Willam ette valley. Oil and indications of oil have been found at a depth of about 1000; Aeftrf '"' " The rig will .start , with . a hola 1 6 hi inches In diameter, and it is capable of -going to a "depth of 4009 to 5000' feet; . It wia take a casing' 15 inches In diameter. , vThe. managers of the company Inylte. the' public to see the be ginning of the -drining. Anyone going from Salem should take the river: road north by, way of Hop mere. " 1 ' . " vTheVoldiwell .f this company was paly e'sLt i-cl:3 I i The new well will ta r 1 feet west cf tLa clZ c the road. Tie rig i . . ... everything will be re.. ly o'clock Wednesday a'terr : men on the job horo as 1 . ; lem people as can E-t a- ; take a little time off ari e:3 . kick-off in the nakir.2 cf V. . I hole. : . . The farmers near the c!l v--are anxious to see a tLorc t made. They believe t2: re 1 3 c there. It was strucls in t" well. What, they wart ; tested is this: Is there til i.. : ing quantities? - Some of the farmers have fered to furnish food sullies r the workers at tia new t:; order to keep thea cn V. : They 'have loaned th-. land in-order to gro- c vegetables, or part of tin ; . They do not have to . ij r line. "The new ri; is n; 1, engine with a big boil r. 1 fuel used "is wood, sccu.'cJ ia t neighborhood. The crime-: of those Cv" bandits Is atrocious. Ncy If t: had only permitted t t j r - ate the candidates fcr s..: things ra.ighfhave beea dlffrn Boston Shoe and ". porterr' ir," .-." - J 'L- - TODAY -T0il0ii:6 W V ' " H r" r ;" Aftti-lM M:'5: ril. inn grilvt r: . l uu: nr--,!! Cvsiy ; r-loa cf a;:E . . : t KIlinTTTC-inXG ' '; !u. ;il EYA?3 I" . vDANCK NOVELTIES ' ' j ." ; TYPES '& XVlll'l : . In a gtpry of the AVild and Wccly .' MATINEE 23c s :: Hyz:.:. : 4 .. v 1 h ITT ----- i t- r . ' . ' V ' rZZ7Z?r?. f - ... :-- .w 1 .' . - - " - v- ' . : t . 1 " -- 1 .O"'' now siiowixa Mzr lie greatest Vict nro . 4 . of Norma'a, latest ( Series that inclado MSmnin TTirons, "Eternal Flame, .( and 'Voice, of the Jllnerette. i - .... S-l fJATIliSE -r ' - ..- . ....... .- e v .-'-wv;:V-:7 J TODAYS 1. , .... s ' :. , T1. v r - . ' f ?" ' - 1 "' ' i he. Law fts Mary ' - I . 1 . , ur rir r e c (a VST ' ' V I f i 9 , ; .i- i r . - . 1 -1 I carft" befieve- you re ' . . : 1 1 1 I - L ' 1 1 a riMiiny tt)f InH'irnl if TONIGHT AXI) SUXDAY ; NIGHT J , ' ' Adults - - -- -50c Children - - - - 20c Loses - - . . ... . ' T ' I r ' l i 1 . : .v f TODAY ANPjTOilOkROW ONLY ..,-i' MILTON i SIELS. A t- jv . na- t M1 f; KUXDAV MAT1XKIS AXD MOXDAVXIGUT , Adults ? - -.-" -3oc Children - - - .; -Loses ... - - - ; 50c Is th UffMS erook melddrsmi of - - " ..... T - '.. I'-T i "-,. ta yet et tuaiii Ckfrato's I i- i - crt s&saows and the epea places , 07 -. ? i ' a i v i if0'- if "' ' 'I ' zrir' iii':i - ; JC i : 1 J 1 S; In the Sufportiag Cast Headlricli: . The vonder Child who appeared In' " i i. , i - i " . ' " ; Tbe Woman .Thotf Cavest SIC,2 aadT -5' ., "ItitU , Men's Wives. ; . . t - LAST TIMES TODAY T WESLEY Cfreos) Sa:.'.:: . . iMmJxfe ; Tv- t iisk u wo- - -ctthr M 4 vffy . ' I.' STARTING TOMORROW ' i l- '"V- i Truly Yoiall Say Each Reel a Per."' I fc . . .1. JL . ..T!,'jr I. 1 ' .t . . ; . ,ie u;..i..j c t j . ... Al?v-t;'